Rail-joint.



C. R. GRAY.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1912.

1,056,661. Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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CHARLES R. GRAY, OF SAKONNET POINT, RHODE ISLAND.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Application filed August 20, 1912. Serial No. 716,050.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES R. GRAY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Sakonnet Point, in the county ofNewport and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Rail- Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention .relates to rail joints, the object in view being to doaway with the bolts and nuts now commonly employed, and incidentalliability of the same becoming displaced, and to provide in lieu thereofa novel construction of scarf joint, by means of which the two rail endsare effectively interlooked, when slid longitudinally into engagementwith each other, the rail ends when in their final position being heldby the usual spikes which engage registering notches in the bases of theoverlapping rail ends.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of a rail joint, embodying thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one rail end. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theother rail end. Fig 5 is a central cross section through the joint.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate two rail ends, each ofwhich comprises a base 3, head 4, and web 5. The rail end 2 is providedwith a double web, comprising the cppositely located parallel portions Gand 7, with suflicient space left between said portions 6 and 7 to admitthe single web end portion 8 of the other rail end, so that when thewebs are in engagement with each other, any lateral deflection of therail ends is prevented. The single web 8 has its end beveled, as shownat 9, while the inner end of the space between the portions 6 and 7 ofthe double web terminates in an inclined or beveled shoulder 10, againstwhich the beveled edge 9 abuts.

The rail end 1 has the head thereof cut away at opposite sides, asshown, to leave a long tapering tongue 11, while the head of theopposite rail end is centrally recessed, as shown at 12, to receive thetongue 11, the recess 12 extending downwardly to the double web, so asto leave long narrow shoulders 13, upon which the opposite edges of thetongue 11 rest, when the two rail ends are brought into their finalinterlocked relation. The head of the rail end 1 is also provided withnotches 14, located at oppo site sides of the tapering tongue 11, saidnotches having their outer walls inclined, as shown, so as to receivethe corresponding wedge-shaped extremities 15 of the head of the rail 2,thereby preventing any spreading of the two portions of the rail head atopposite sides of the slot or recess 12.

In addition to the above interlocking features, the base flanges of onerail are offset in an upward direction so as to overlap and rest uponthe base flanges of the other section or rail end, and both flanges areprovided with registering notches 16 to receive the usual spikes, bymeans of which the rail ends are securely fastened to the ties. Anynumber of said notches 16 may be employed in accordance with the numberof spikes found necessary to securely hold the rails to the ties. Bymeans of the construction above described, all bolts and nuts are doneaway with, and at the same time, the rail ends are thoroughly connectedtogether and braced against movement in any direction, thus requiringvery lit-tlc attention on the part of the men now required to look afterthe rail joints, by reason of the presence of the bolts and nutsreferred to.

What is claimed is A boltless rail joint, comprising two rail ends, eachembodying a base, a head, and

a web, the web of one rail being double to bases of both rails havingregistering spike receive the single web of the other rail, the notches.10 head of one rail having a tapered tongue In testimony whereof I aixmy signature fitting into a recess of corresponding shape in presence oftwo Witnesses.

in the head of the other rail and resting on CHARLES R. GRAY.

the double web thereof, and the base of one Witnesses:

rail being arranged to overlap and bear FRANK F. GRINNELL,

upon the base of the other rail, and the EMMA R. GRAY.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

